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I think that stuff gets to be too much. You don't want a guy out there overthinking it. Torkelson was a monster hitter in college and a lot of that showed in the minors. Hitting is a pretty natural talent for him. As the Fad Four (The Rutles) once said "Let's be natural"

Maybe an injury bonus too. Meaning, the more injuries you get, the more money you get. That sounds like an Angels deal.

I think he just decompressed this offseason. I think he needed a mental reset. Maybe he went out in the woods with Aaron Rodgers and drank ayahuasca tea until he crapped broth. "Cept maybe that actually worked for Tork. Oh, and people actually like Tork. Sometimes when you are in a personal or professional slump, you need to remove yourself from the thing you're slumping at. I'd say going forward when Torres returns in July (it's an oblique, that's usually not 10 days). That we keep Tork at first most days and toggle between Keith and Torres at DH/2B. Neither are good defensively. Tork is not a great 1b, but he has improved - he actually finished with 2 DRS last year. Big, BIG improvement. The unfortunate thing about the Tigers current active roster is Keith, Torres and Malloy are all DH material.

8 years, 340 million? Something like that?

What? But you can't finish in 6th place if there's only 5 teams. Do your math..........oh, oh I GET IT !!!! Maybe they'll trade for Anthony Rendon. That sounds like a White Sox thing.

Is Javy back? Did the Tigers fix him? Or at least 75% of what he was? Nice to see a decent start from him. He desperately needed that. He's had some nice swings this year.

I've said this since the offseason. Don't give up on Tork. He's capable of hitting 30 HR because he already has and that his failure last year was mental. I know a lot of people here wanted to get rid of him, but I didn't want to give up yet. I wanted to see what he had in him. When he decided not to come and work on things in the offseason, my thought was that the guy just needed to step away and clear his head and stop listening to 10 different teachers. It seems to have worked. I mean, he's going to go into a slump at some point, but when you START like this, you start believing you can do it and last year, I think mentally he couldn't picture himself succeeding because it was such a severe funk. I'm happy for him. We survived starting vs. the Dodgers on the road now. But if we can get Tork and Mize to be just 75-80% of what we expect from a 1/1, we're going to be pretty happy this Summer.

The way the White Sox play baseball is embarassing. So, Taco Bell's Deluxe box is now just the 'Luke Box. Millennials are too lazy for the De ? Oh wait, they can't spell it. Kris Draper on the broadcast to give excuses why the Wings haven't made the playoffs in a decade.

It's ESPN's Breaking News about Alex Ovechkin. How will this record effect the Dallas Cowboys this upcoming season?

Audio and Video constantly go out of synch. So annoying

Jobe is a bust. Fire Avila.

Greene needs a rest 8 games in? He can't DH? Why is Carpenter batting SIXTH and Margot Clean Up? I know it's the White Sox, but come on man.

I do want the Pacers - because the two teams hate each other and that'll be fun. We haven't had anything close to the Wings-Avs series' for over a decade now. Pistons-Pacers could be like that. Stupid schedule maker didn't have these two teams play the entire second half - and they're in the same division. Just odd.

Playoffs Clinched ! What an accomplishment. And doing it without Ivey most of the year and without Cade the last couple of weeks. Stellar job, J.B. - Coach Of The Year right there. Need to keep Malik around a couple more years. Imagine how much better they could have been if Fontecchio played like last year.

I agree. More than Hutch though. They lost several guys, it's amazing they went 15-2. I think they'll get there within the next 2 seasons.

Washington Capitals - Ovechkin has a sore back - will miss Islanders game........ (Just kidding)

How lame would it be if he breaks the record on an empty net goal?

Only milestone I think I saw was Sammy Sosa breaking Rudy York's monthly HR record at Tiger Stadium -- the night they had the Stanley Cup there and you could take a picha with it. When Cecil was going for HR #50, I went to a game and Ron Cameron (yes, that Ron Cameron) asked if I was there to see the 50th and I said "I'm here to see Chet Lemon hit #5". And Chettie did it !!!!! I love that guy.

I really want to see him score 1 more in the next game and a half. I want him and 99 to have the exact same number of goals in the same number of games. That would be cool

Time to call up Ben Malgeri. He's hitting .750 in the minors. That's incredible. Do you realize that if he continues to hit like this all season he's going to hit..........what..........750 ? Why do we have to suffer Kreidler? It's Malgeri Time !

Oh, Gretzky is the overall better player, but Ovie's a better goal scorer. Points-wise, nobody's catching Gretzky. I think Howe is better than both of them.

Maeda is pointless. Just do it already, bring Foley back up.

Dirks is really good. He's the best color guy they've had since Rod Allen (Sorry, I liked Rod Allen, he entertained me, made me laugh a little).

Not a great throw by Javy, but Colt's gotta make that play. He's a DH I feel bad for their catcher. He got hit in the jimmies two pitches in a row. J-Can is trying to kill his catcher.

That backdrop looks amazing.